Enhanced mobile website?? A definite UPGRADE! Committed to bringing ease of use to potential renters, we wanted to let you guys know that we’ve made some upgrades to the ForRent.com mobile website. Check out the list below: Automatic Geo Location: The new automatic geo-location feature automatically recognizes the renter’s location from the homepage! This is […]

Dear Fair Housing Lady, I enjoy your articles and usually can learn something about fair housing from you. You have been doing this a long time, haven’t you? I wonder if it is ever difficult to come up with ideas to share with those of us in the multi-family housing industry. Or are you just a […]

Did you know syndicating your properties to major real estate sites maximizes your overall reach? With a strong third quarter behind us and national vacancies on the rise, it is extremely important for property managers to maximize their online presence by using major real estate sites like Homes.com or Trulia.com in addition to other well-known […]

With a year-over-year 65 percent increase in traffic to the ForRent.com family of sites in August 2010, it is evident consumers are still actively seeking rental options despite the seasonal downtrend at this time. This finding supports the August 2010 quarterly survey conducted by the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC), which identified a shift in consumer […]

Reach renters any time, any place with ForRent.com Mobile. ForRent.com saw a 380% increase in unique visitor traffic year over year and last month, unique visitor traffic to the ForRent.com mobile Website increased by 53%. Apartment renters are accessing your property listings more than ever!

For Rent Media Solutions™ asked this very question to its users by conducting a robust series of usability tests, with real apartment shoppers viewing eight different apartment listing Web sites including ForRent.com and its competitors. Usability testing is a technique used to evaluate a product by testing it on actual real users. A July 2008 […]

The new LEADS Dashboard offers easier, more efficient approach to media monitoring NORFOLK, Va.-(April 21, 2009)-For Rent Media SolutionsTM, a leading apartment resource for searching apartments nationwide, and a division of Dominion Enterprises, announces the launch of the new LEADSTM Dashboard. The dashboard was designed to offer a more streamlined approach for property managers […]

Community TheaterTM, created by ForRent.com, is a professionally produced streaming video that highlights the features of apartment communities. This is important to consumers because it showcases the apartment communities you look at so you can make an informed decision about where you want to live. Community Theater was launched in September of 2006; now, less […]

Consumers are constantly using mobile devices to look up restaurants, directions, movie times, etc. Apartment hunters looking to find apartments for rent on-the-go can rest easy. ForRent.com is keeping up with these mobile trends by providing consumers the with capability to search for apartments on their cell phones. “With mobile devices growing more sophisticated, multifunctional […]

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